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blow out
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blow out
1. the sudden melting of an electrical fuse
2. a sudden burst in a tyre
3. the failure of a jet engine, esp when in flight
(jargon)blow out - (Probably from mining and tunnelling jargon) Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn.

See blow past, blow up, die horribly.


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For example, although Baptists for centuries firmly held forth the light of full religious liberty and separation of church and state for the world to see, today many Baptists would snuff out that light in return for government favoritism.
The Baptist light: free and fragile: in March 1993 the "Storm of the ... by Gourley, Bruce / Baptist History and Heritage
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